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In three years, the iconic SunTrust building in downtown Durham, a defining feature of the city’s skyline, will likely be a hotel. As expected, the Durham City Council voted unanimously Monday night to approve an incentive-laden deal to convert the 75-year-old tower into a 125-room luxury hotel complete with a contemporary art museum. With the […]
Does the name Academi, LLC ring a bell? It’s what the private security contractor that once traded under the name Blackwater Worldwide is now called. That’s the same Blackwater that found itself embroiled in scandal after its personnel were involved in a 2007 shootout in Baghdad in which 17 Iraqi civilians died. This afternoon, a […]
Tobacco Road this area may still be. But starting Aug. 1, smoking tobacco is illegal on sidewalks and trails, at bus stops, parks and other publicly owned property in Durham County. Unanimously approved by the Durham County Board of Commissioners in February, the new restrictions prohibit the use of tobaccosnuff, cigarettes, pipes, etc.from most public […]
Call it a crisis of confidence. It’s what Greenfire Development could be facing as city officials consider whether to help fund what may be the company’s most ambitious project. Within the last 10 years, Greenfire, which is based in Durham, has purchased more than 900,000 square feet of property in or near downtown, including the […]
How easy is it to get a license to sell beer and wine from the City of Durham? There are multiple ways of getting at the answer, one of which is to examine how many applications for it the city ultimately denied. We did. Since 2002, the city’s department of finance has received 576 applications […]
How the permitting process works To legally sell alcoholic beverages in North Carolina, a business must obtain the appropriate permits from the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission. But to do business in the city of Durham, the retailer who hopes to sell beer and other alcoholic beverages will also need a beer and wine […]
Durham has a patio problem. To be more specific, it has a problem with a portion of the city ordinance that allows people to drink alcohol on restaurant and bar patios that are on public sidewalks. That portion of the ordinance doesn’t exist. At a public forum last week, city officials introduced a potential solutionan […]
Document Download the Remedial Action Plan (PDF) The former dry cleaners at 1103 W. Club Blvd. in Durham is gone, demolished after years of false starts in cleaning up the chemical contamination there. But that doesn’t mean the fight over it has ended. “I would like the remedial action plan to be as thorough as […]
In the myriad ways that a building’s façade can show its age, the massive green wall is doing so. The paint is peeling away. After close to 90 years of enduring weather, the exterior masonry of the building at 120 W. Main St. in downtown Durham has begun to chip. Ten years ago, a fire […]
I knew that my Facebook post would ruffle some feathers and, at the extreme, get me fired. But that’s nothing new; if not for gallows humor, I’d have none at all. Last week, in the wake of Steve Jobs’ death, an outpouring of sadness flooded most every channel of social media. Peopleand I know more […]
